Human accumulation of mercury in Greenland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 377, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 173-178

  Johansen, Poul ^a   Mulvad, Gert ^b,c   Pedersen, Henning Sloth ^b,c   Hansen, Jens C ^c   Riget, Frank ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b Primary Health Care Clinic   (Greenland)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Diet; Kidney; Liver; Man; Mercury

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MAMMALS; MARINE BIOLOGY; NUTRITION; SELENIUM;

AUTOPSY; KIDNEY; LIVER;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIET; HEALTH RISK; MENS HEALTH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DIET; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN;

DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; SELENIUM; SPLEEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34247533745     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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